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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.

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Financing the forests

28/07/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, Financing the forests

Making rainforests a profitable investment

Making a project to regrow Indonesia’s rainforest a profitable multi-million dollar investment.

Protecting the rainforest could make people millions of dollars under a pioneering new scheme.

Bankers and conservationists have teamed up to regrow a large area of Indonesia’s jungle where endangered orangutans and tigers live. 

Reporter: Jo Mathys 

Image: An orangutan (Getty Images)

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